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Berlin. The current calendar sheet for Sunday, July 31, 2022: What happened today, who was born, who died? The events at a glance.
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Calendar sheet: Sunday 31 July 2022
- 30th calendar week, 212th day of the year, 153 days until the end of the year
- Astrological sign Leo
- Namestag: Germanus, Ignatius, Justinus
History: What happened on July 31st?
2020 – The highest party arbitration court of the SPD confirms the party exclusion of the bestselling author and ex-politician Thilo Sarrazin. He violated SPD values. The trigger for the long dispute was his Islam-critical book “Germany Abolishes Itself” from 2010.
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2017 – Hasan Salihamidzic will be the new sporting director at FC Bayern. The 40-year-old ex-professional is Matthias Sammer’s successor.
2007 – The British Army officially ends its deployment in Northern Ireland after 38 years. “Operation Banner” began in 1969 to support the police after bloody fighting between Catholic and Protestant groups.
2002 – In the free-flight affair about the private use of bonus miles earned for work, Berlin’s Economics Senator Gregor Gysi (PDS) surprisingly resigns and also resigns his seat as a member of parliament.
1992 – The last section of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal is flooded in Beilngries (Upper Bavaria) after almost thirty years of construction. This means there is a direct water connection between the North Sea and the Black Sea.
1987 – Clashes between Iranian protesters and other pilgrims and security forces in Mecca kill 402 people.
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1932 – In the elections for the sixth German Reichstag, the NSDAP becomes the strongest party for the first time. She won 37.4 percent of the votes and received 230 mandates.
1752 – A visit by Emperor Franz I Stephan to the almost completed menagerie in the palace gardens of Schönbrunn near Vienna is considered the “birthday” of Schönbrunn Zoo. According to the operator, it is the oldest zoo in the world today.
1667 – In the Treaty of Breda, the Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam in North America goes to the English, who rename the city New York.
Celebrity Birthdays: Who Was Born On July 31st?
1962 – Wesley Snipes (60), American film actor (“Blade”, “Passenger 57″)
1947 – Hubert Védrine (75), French politician, Foreign Minister 1997-2002
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1942 – Hartmut Mehdorn (80), German manager, Managing Director Flughafen Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH 2013-2015, CEO Air Berlin 2011-2013, CEO Deutsche Bahn 1999-2009
1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics 1976, died 2006
1897 – Gottfried Bermann Fischer, German publisher (Verlag S. Fischer), died 1995
Celebrities Death Days: Who Died on July 31st?
2017 – Jeanne Moreau, French film actress (“Jules and Jim, “The Lovers”), born 1928
2007 – Hilde Sicks, German folk actress (Hamburg Ohnsorg-Theater), born 1920
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